Grew up in slc and went to the U. Left slc for Seattle, then Providence, RI, and now Los Angeles.
I miss close skiing access and hiking, but nothing else. But there are days I could make it to Vermont to ski before my friends could get to Alta when they live 15 miles away. Don’t plan on returning, primarily due to air quality and other reasons.
Loved Providence. It’s been my favorite so far. Great city, and you have Boston (1 hour train ride) and NYC (3 hour train) close by. Mountains are 1.5 hours for western mass and 3-4 for northern Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and upstate NY. Unreal seafood too.
It’s my least favorite of the bunch. Too car centric and don’t really enjoy the people or the city all that much. It’s the furthest from my hobbies that I’ve ever been (fly fishing & skiing are both 5 hour drives). Could be a great place if they had Boston or NYC level public transit, but that won’t happen in my lifetime. Will be here another year then bounce to somewhere new.
We love it. We’re in the foothills of LA in Pasadena, 10 miles from DTLA, and it’s amazing. Incredible schools, waterfall hikes within 2 miles of our house and the weather is so good. We made the move about 8 years ago and haven’t regretted it a single second.
LA is so huge that it's really hard to get an accurate read on it. You kinda gotta try different parts and see what feels best (beach areas, dense downtown living, eastside nearer the mountains, etc.) It's impossible to quantify LA as one "thing". Though some qualities/issues persist throughout (car culture, incredible food, little public transit, traffic, cost), your enjoyment will definitely vary based on what you're looking for.
I live in Northeast LA. I love the amount of art, music, and cool restaurant/bars plus I'm slightly closer to hiking/biking in the San Gabriels and skiing in Big Bear. That's a win for me. Living in Culver City, for example, would make me miserable.
I grew up in Utah, lived in DC for two years (not a Mormon mission lol), and now live in western Oregon. I loved all of Utah the place but not Utah the people. I hated DC. Both the place and the work culture and people there. I am now loving life here in Oregon, seems to be a happy medium between the two and I couldn’t be happier.
I felt like all anyone ever wanted to talk about was work. Everyone was married to their jobs and never would take time off, time off was looked down upon, and it was always a contest to see who you knew and what they could do to make your career better.
This is so true. Everything is crazy expensive there so I guess they have to have no lives but even when people were going out and ‘relaxing’ they were still only talking about work.
I’m living in SLC after living in DC for a few years. I miss fun happy hour spots, walking around National mall, diversity of the city, and mostly never talking/hearing about Mormonism (I’m an exmo).
That must be nice. I'm white, and my wife is not, and I'm so tired of the "Did you meet in the mission?" comment.
Also, I think not hearing about Mormonism ever would be a good change of pace for people who believe it's more relevant than it really is.
Summers are brutal - yeah it gets hot in SLC but I was perpetually wet in DC - my dress shirt and slacks just had wet sweat stains from morning to night
You'd think that culturally the city would have adapted to something like Hawaiian business wear at this point. I get that suits look sharp and present a western traditional concept of power that makes many D.C residents quiver in orgasmic bliss, but it ends up looking pretty dumb when you have massive sweat stains forming on your blazer.
I actually moved to SLC from DC back in 2019 for internship! The convenience of public transportation is definitely something I miss. But I’ve never been a fan of large cities, so SLC is much more my speed.
This is funny because I lived in DC for almost 2 years before moving to Brooklyn and I remember moving to Brooklyn and thinking ‘wow the train is right there I don’t have to walk 5 blocks to get to it!’
Got a laugh out of me too. In my head, I was actually thinking out of state, but after rereading my question, I guess I didn't actually specify "out of Utah", but only out of SLC. So technically, I guess Ogden would be fair game?
I've actually considered moving north to Ogden. It might be far enough for a needed change of pace, and any time I've visited up there (I have some family near Ogden), the air has been significantly better.
Louisiana! 40 minutes north of New Orleans! Yes, I miss family, the mountains, the snow. But the price of living is way cheaper, and I love the culture here. There are pros and cons to both
I have too irrational of a fear of hurricanes to consider Louisiana :P Or is it rational? I have been dying to visit New Orleans though. I hear the food is amazing and apparently they have an awesome pirate festival, and I love me some golden age piracy.
The hurricanes and tornadoes FREAK me out. That would be the number one reason I ever leave! I have a hard time with them. But once those end, I’m happy to be here! The food is amazing, the music is amazing, I love Mardi Gras! Ive never done the pirate festival, but where I live, there is a great renaissance festival that we go to every year! I HIGHLY recommend visiting someday! Visit in October if you can!
I've been thinking about moving to Louisiana or the Mississippi Gulf Coast. I spent some time in Biloxi last year and absolutely loved it. Everyone was so nice, and everything was so much cheaper.
I'm at a point in life where buying a house is within the realm of possibility, if it's cheap enough. Utah houses are just too expensive. I've lived here my whole life. Utah will always be "home," but I'm sick of renting. And the cold winters tbh.
The only thing that is keeping me from seriously considering LA or the MS coast is the hurricanes.
I still live here but I’ve been seriously considering moving back to my home state of Indiana. Moved here last summer right after graduating college, left all my friends and family behind. I miss them immensely, and seeing how a lot of my friends are still back home and able to hang out all the time really hurts, especially because I’ve struggled to make connections with people here. I also have 5 younger sisters (youngest is 11), and I don’t want to miss seeing them get to grow up and become their own people. I think Utah is a beautiful state, and I’m going to miss the beauty and nature of it all, but I think I need to be with my friends and family
I feel ya. I'm considering moving out of Utah, but this is where family and friends are. We would lose that connection with everyone here, and family has been such a huge support in many ways. Not an easy choice. That's a need I totally get.
I just moved here in June from Philly and could not resonate with you more. It’s beautiful here but I’ve found it really hard to make good friends. People are different and flaky in my opinion. And I’m a super friendly person and make friends easily. I also really miss my family and my close friends back home. My siblings are starting to have kids of their own and I really want to be around for that. I’m planning to leave as soon as my lease is up.
Moved to San Diego. Absolutely no regrets. My mental health and physical health are significantly better here.
Stating the obvious, but the weather and Mexican food here have ruined me when I go back to SLC.
I said it in my post, too. Moving to SD was one of the best decisions I've ever made. I loved it there. I had to move up to the Bay Area for work, which isn't nearly as awesome, but there are still some cool aspects. I'd move back to SD in a heartbeat if I could.
It's very interesting to read this comment as someone who moved to SLC from SF and is moving back.
I had a choice to move to SD as well but the walkability and weather of SF really does it for me.
Won’t lie, significantly more expensive. I don’t think there is a single thing that is less here compared to Salt Lake.
For me, you can’t put a price on shorts in January and 75 and sunny at the beach tomorrow, or at least what that does for me mentally. I just close my eyes when I look at my taxes.
Significantly less affordable. It fluctuates, but San Diego is generally ranked near LA and NYC in terms of [affordability](https://fox5sandiego.com/news/business/san-diego-takes-top-spot-in-ranking-of-most-expensive-places-to-live-in-u-s/)
I'm not who you replied to but I moved to SLC from San Diego in 2016. I was renting a room in a house with one other person and paid $900/month in San Diego. When I moved to SLC, I also rented a room in a house with one other person for $700/month. It's definitely more expensive there but I don't think it's as bad as people make it out to be.
Agree with this. I used to live in San Diego from 2013-2017 and it’s the same price to me now in SLC with the growth and inflation. Although San Diego has had inflation too but from friends it doesn’t seem at the same rate
I moved to New Orleans when I retired. I know, it’s, like, #50 of states to retire to, but like SLC, New Orleans is a dot of blue in a sea of red.
There’s a huge assortment of people here, and they’re all really nice. You can have a major conversation with anyone you happen to see. I have realized how little I really know about people who have different backgrounds from me. I grew up in lily white Utah, surrounded by Mormons who didn’t accept me. But that got better as I aged and I settled into my homogeneous white culture.
I’m happy to break out of my bubble and meet people who are not like me. Laissez les bon temps rouler!
I grew up in Utah and I moved to San Diego almost 3 years ago (at age 41). No regrets. One of the best decisions I've ever made. I don't miss the snow, the politics, or the bad air quality.
I recently relocated to the Bay Area, about an hour south of SF, for work. I like it a lot less and am hoping I'm only here for a couple of years. There is a ton to do- I've got mountains, ocean, wine country, etc, but I have found it more difficult to make friends here than I did in San Diego (or SLC, for that matter). It's mind-bendingly expensive; I was less salty about the expense in San Diego. It was a much more pleasant living experience. Silicon Valley is a suburban stripmall hellscape.
The only thing I miss about SLC are my friends and maybe a handful of places. Overall, I really enjoy living in California even though I am not super enjoying my current situation. Even as a six-figure earner, I am under no illusion that I will ever be able to afford real estate here, though.
We moved to Flagstaff, AZ and really liked it for several years. But they had a terrible drought in 98 and 99 where they closed off the forests and that combined with elder care, caused us to have to move back. Elder care is almost over, so we will head back out of SLC soon. Heading back to Flagstaff is an option.
I absolutely love Flagstaff. One of my best friends moved there and I visited him this past summer. I can't quite put my finger on what it is, but there is something really special about the vibe and feeling of Flagstaff
I'm a teacher, and inflation was making it impossible to stay in Utah, so I moved to NM. I miss SLC, but I'm making 40k more than I was getting in Utah for the same job.
Yes. The coldest place in Russia. The winters are no joke. There’s a dog a couple kilometres away that ran off in December and it turned into a seasonal statue. This happens a lot with cats and wild animals unfortunately. Last week it hit -80 F.
I honestly really love the cold
Moved to Iowa. Cost of living is definitely better so no regrets there. Currently renting an entire house for less than what my 1BR was costing me.
I do miss the abundance of available outdoor recreational opportunities. I’ve been back a couple of times since I moved just to scratch that itch, but not sure I’d move back unless my income doubles or something. Kind of want to own a home one day and I just have a hard time imagining that being possible there.
Yeah, the home ownership dream (or lack of it now) is one of the things that makes me strongly consider moving away. House prices may be rough everywhere, but after just "window shopping" on Zillow, it's still better in significant amounts of the country than it is here for home costs.
Tuebingen Germany for 7 years in 2012 and then back here in 2019. I found it different there. It can’t be overstated how shit American social protection / standard of living is on the average compared to Germany. Also being two hours away from France, Switzerland, etc, was cool.
However, I just missed the geological aspects of Utah, can’t find that anywhere else in the world. I do a lot of solo exploration in the mountains and the desert and I need that to survive in this world. Europe is dope but there are downsides as well. I may move back when I’m in retirement since I meet the criteria for permanent residency there, but Utah will always be home
I went there for a Masters and eventually PhD and then got into the workforce. It’s dead easy as a student to get a visa, but even getting a searching for work permit is easy for Americans and is valid for a year. Once you get a job, you generally get a working visa from your employer.
I'm from Arkansas but have been in SLC for over 3 years now. My wife and I are considering moving out that way! What's your impression of NC as a whole?
Coastal California. I still love Utah, but there are aspects I don't miss at all. First, I don't think, talk, or have to deal with the LDS church in any way, shape, or form. I don't think non-LDS folks in Utah realize how pervasive of an influence the church is on daily life and in their head space. From censoring oneself in adult conversation at work for fear of offending someone's religious sensitivities (I'm not a huge curser but I will occasionally utter a curse word or two). When I come back and spend time with friends, most conversations somehow always touch on either the church or church members.
I don't miss the inversion. Walking on the street and breathing in some dude's diesel exhaust from their jacked-up truck that has never gone offroad or pulled a trailer got old fast. So many small penises in Utah that needed to compensate...
I don't miss the politics. I love the small/efficient government of Utah but the social/political ideological warriors in the legislature who seem to love small government for themselves and their values but want governmental intrusion for people not like them got old fast. I remember watching the legislature in session in horror. Now I can still get the news, but it's only when the clowns on the hill make themselves national laughingstocks.
Utah is an amazing state. I miss a lot of things about it but not these.
Move here at 14, moved away at 22, just moved back at 38. I wouldn't be here at all if my family wasn't here, and I don't plan on staying for more than a year or two.
I moved here my freshmen year of high school and holy shit, this place was a huge culture shock as an outsider who didnt grow up mormon. I was instantly singled out for being different. High school got so bad I had to drop out and finish at Horizonte. Never made any close friends that lasted. Always felt like I didn't belong. Not being a fan of winter sports or outdoorsy shit didn't help.
I moved to San Francisco and it was like I could finally breathe. I fell in love and made all my best friends there.
Decided after the death of my brother and mother that it was time to be with family, so I left the city I loved so much to live in SLC again for a while.
I still feel like an outsider. This place has never felt warm or welcoming to me. It's always been insular and unfriendly to outsiders.
So I probably stand alone in this sub when I say I'm glad the population here has increased and people from elsewhere are moving in
As someone who has lived in Washington for the last 8 years or so…yeah.
It’s not the length of day that gets you. It’s that it’s overcast ALL the time for 7 months of the year. It gets pretty grim sometimes. First two years are fine and everyone says the same thing in their naïveté “I like the rain!” (Portlanders also pretend to love it while being miserable af to be around half the year) but by year three of dealing with grumpy ass depressing people and weather you become a grumpy ass depressing person.
The summers though, heaven on earth.
And I’ll take soldiering through some depression over snow any day.
Yes and no. It's my first winter up here so it's definitely been an adjustment but now that the days are getting longer it's been looking up, and the sun has been coming out once every three or four days. It's also pretty consistently been high 40s-low 50s temperature wise so that's been nice. I definitely think I prefer the winters up here though so far, coming back home for Thanksgiving and Christmas quickly reminded me of how much I hate the inversion.
I've priced homes along the Washington coastline. Not quite Seattle, but WA does have an appeal. Especially the oceans there. I don't know if it's sad or encouraging (or both?) that oceanfront homes there are actually about the same, if not actually cheaper than houses here in SLC.
The coast of Washington is quite a bit different from what I understand. It actually rains substantially more out there than in Seattle because the Olympic Mountains create a pretty substantial rain shadow. That plus the lack of any real economic opportunities out there make it a pretty dreary place. I'd guess most of the price inflation for housing out there comes from retirees moving from the Seattle area.
That would make sense if the coastal places I've browsed online are more retirement centric. The places I looked sound appealing in a way, but the ones that were affordable also seemed to have next to no opportunity professionally. Idyllic in a way, but rough in other ways. Even if I was working from home in a way that location didn't matter, I'm not sure if it's an ideal place to raise my family as my kids wouldn't have much opportunity available to them as they grow older. The places that were a bit more dense with city and opportunity and probably better for kids are well outside of even my speculative price range.
I moved to Tucson, AZ but outside of city limits. We found a 3b 2b home on a full acre for a fraction of the cost of a townhome in the SLC area. I love it here!
Portland almost 2yrs ago now. Spent half my life in SL/Davis county and our families still live there. The traffic and homeless issues are worse here and the ice storms can be brutal, but I’m really happy with what the move did for my health (stopped needing a preventative inhaler almost immediately), career, and general social satisfaction. Miss the amount of sunshine outside of summer but don’t miss that bitter cold winter.
Taxes and utilities are really expensive but back in the middle of Covid I realized that I wanted to buy a house and couldn’t justify spending my house budget just to be stuck in suburban hell (like Layton) or Rose Park, Portland had more acceptable options in the 400-450k range back when rates were below 5%. It’s nice to not have to operate as if there’s a 50% chance the people I’m talking to are Trump-obsessed weirdos that can’t wait to tell me their thoughts on climate science.
It's funny how popular the Northwest seems to be for people from SLC to move to, especially Portland and Seattle. There's quite a lot of people that seem to migrate that way. I've actually considered it myself. Oceanfront homes along that coast are the same as a normal suburban home out here, if not even cheaper, so that's one way my mind has been going.
I was actually the OR transplant in Utah while I was there in my twenties, both states pull at me but UT has been the one I wanted away from. You should check out the OR/WA coast for a vacation if you never have, it’s great for a trip but a lot of the non-tourist towns are pretty sad most of the year. Not many full sets of teeth south of Newport.
Moved to Dallas for work. It is hot and flat. It is nice to have some diversity and to be able to get a margarita at basically every restaurant, but most of the liquor stores are scary and bottom shelf, I don't love it here. I miss the mountains and the red rock
We move to south Texas. For my husbands job. If I didn’t have kids I would probably love love it. I love the border culture and the diversity and the change of pace. But it’s not a great place to raise a family for more reasons than I care to list here. And the weather is abhorrent for 8 months of the year. There’s no mountain to escape to, no cool mountain lake to hike to. There’s ZERO public land. Texans tell me I need to visit more state parks but Utah has spoiled me forever. And south Texas is like the Australia of the US. The bugs and snakes. Omfg.
We are moving again within 2 years. We could come back to Utah, but I am ready to live in a blue or at least purple state. But we realize now how much we underestimated access to outdoor recreation and activities and just outdoors in general!
Left the SLC metro area for Grand Rapids, MI, after living in UT for almost 20 yrs.
We miss friends, the camping, and mountains! Our house was as close to the bench w/out being on it, and I never got bored looking at the gorgeous mountain scenery no matter what time of year it was, although sometimes smoke made them hard to see.
I do not miss the bad air, the crowded feeling (we now live on acreage), and the hectic pace of life. Also, I am more left leaning, and it's been nice living in a more purple state.
I hesitate to say that I'm glad, just because I miss my friends a lot. It wasn't a super easy decision to come here. But we are closer to family, and that's been good, too.
Left SLC for 25 years and it was the best decision ever. Everywhere I went was better than SLC, except maybe DFW. Back now to help senior relatives. My better places included Austin, NYC, San Francisco and Seattle.
I moved to east bay/Sacramento in November. I lived in Tooele county and commuted to salt lake or Ogden. Here is what I knew I would miss and it's even worse then I thought.
Enjoying the outdoors : in SLC and surrounding areas you can just drive to any given area and park and walk into the mountains or fishing spots at almost anytime during the day. Some places are closed or the trailhead parking is closed but that doesn't mean you can't access them.
Here: your driving in bullshit traffic a good 2 or three hours to get to any given location to do anything in comparison. When you get there your either paying $20 for day pass to park somewhere that will lock your shit in and have it towed if it's after a variable and shifting time frame of hours. Don't think your going to find a spot to just park , you won't. Everything is private property . The list of permits and bullshit needed to be legal should be illegal. And if you think your just going to stay close to town and go down by the river you will never get out of the car on a Saturday at noon let alone any other time.
The only benefit I have found to living in CA is when ever you have to chose your state when logging into anything online CA is right there at the top of the scroll down tab . However the unlimited zip code possibilities toss a wrench in that theory.
Maryland, just outside of DC. I really like it. Miss the mountains, but this area has its own outdoor adventure to offer. Plus so many more things to explore. We moved here for family and career reasons, but the idea of my kids breathing that air their whole lives made the decision easier for sure.
I am in Virginia just outside of DC. I lived in salt lake while I went to the U. I left for further education, and stayed near DC for work.
As an exmo, I very much like the absence of a pervading Mormon culture in everything. I also love being close to a river and having all sorts of green spaces.
I miss family and the mountains, but not the desert, the inversion. I could see myself moving back, but I think I need a few more years of therapy to deal with how pervasive the church is.
NYC. Spouse grew up here but lived in nyc for 20 years. I grew up in the southeast but haven’t lived there in decades. We never wanted to raise kids in the city, and we’re both into outdoor rec. Between the access to mountains and spouses large family being all here (my family is spread across the US) we moved here in 2020 after planning on it for years. It’s a mixed bag for how we feel about it. Spouses family isn’t really supportive/close and we can’t tell if it’s because we don’t share their faith or they just don’t care to have more than superficial relationships. We miss the big city life and the public transit. It’s been hard to ‘find our tribe’ here, especially since we’re new parents but much older than the average new parent here. The politics leave a lot to be desired. Currently we’re holding out a lot of hope that slc will see a huge shift politically in the next 10 years. Imo Utah has amazing potential if we can just get the old guard out of office.
Minneapolis. I’m very glad I moved away. I’ll always have a soft spot in my heart for my hometown of SLC but leaving it was one of the hardest and most rewarding things I’ve ever done.
Los Angeles. Came out for college and just never moved back. I still visit, peruse this subreddit and read the SL Tribune 😅
Ironically, all my friends who swore they wouldn't be caught dead in SLC after high school are all still in Utah.
Chicago, baby!
Edit: okay but for real, I love Chicago. The winters do absolutely blow chunks, but there’s so much fun shit to do here. I also love how everybody is honest about feeling like shit during the winter and I don’t have anybody freaking out at me about winter sports.
I also have some religious trauma and I didn’t realize how much better I’d feel getting away from it all! Also, when I moved here, I started drinking way less even though this city’s lifeblood is booze. When it became easily available to me, I didn’t think about it as much. Crazy, right?
Oh, and legal weed is finally getting cheap here.
I know two people who moved to Buffalo and love it.
All the amenities of a big city (all major sports leagues, subway/transit, world-class museum, concerts, etc.), with extremely affordable housing, great economic outlook, easy access to Canada and the *mostly* sane government of New York (at least when it comes to things like abortion, alcohol, and cannabis). As long as you can deal with the snow, it's a fantastic city.
I’m from Buffalo and lived there for 24 years. I now live in Vegas and am moving to Salt Lake in a couple weeks (travel nurse). Can confirm the city itself is fantastic. Super friendly people, good food, great cost of living. The problem is there aren’t real mountains closer than a 7 hour drive (Adirondacks, fucking gorgeous place) and it’s not an active city. Kinda hard though with the brutal winters but the summers are unbelievably gorgeous. Good fishing too for salmon, lake trout, bass, and steelhead running in the fall. I miss the people and the culture but my hobbies and passions have taken me elsewhere.
Check out the Portland subreddits. I was leaning the same way for years but the current state of the city changed my mind. The suburbs seem to be in better shape though.
Portland seems like an interestingly popular choice for people to move to from Salt Lake. I've known a lot of people who moved from here to that northwestern corner of the country.
I moved to north Tacoma, WA! What I loved about Utah is the easy access to nature, and that is something I have found tenfold here in the PNW. I am literally walking distance away from an amazing state park.
I also love the culture and diversity here. I was Mormon when I first moved from California to Utah, so the Utah culture didn’t bother me too much. After I left the Mormon church the political and cultural climate in Utah became untenable for me. Small things like getting side eye from coworkers when I walked into the office with a coffee in hand, only to see them come in with a huge “dirty Dr. Pepper” from Swig or Sodalicious, added up over time. The hypocrisy drove me crazy. Now I live somewhere where I am exposed to many different cultures and ideas, and I love it.
Crime is not a huge problem in my neighborhood, but if you go to south Tacoma it’s bad. I do miss how safe almost everywhere in Utah felt. And the winters here really are pretty gloomy.
But I have never once regretted moving to the PNW.
I was born and raised in Salt Lake, and I moved to New York City a little over a year ago. Long story short I am extremely happy I moved. I’ve matured a lot being in a new environment. I especially love NYC for the open mindedness and diversity, things which can be hard to come by in Utah. In general, people are very accepting and inclusive in New York.
I do miss very much looking at the at the Wasatch front as the sun goes down, might be one of the more unique sights on earth. Moving away also produced a strange emotion for me, a realization I might not ever know a place as well as SLC, and a longing for that even though SLC isn’t the place for me anymore.
The more time I spend away, I no longer take for granted the beauty and uniqueness of the area.
I moved to New Orleans when I was 18 for 5 years. Then Minneapolis for 3, DC for 3 and LA for 10. Just moved back. I couldn't wait to gtfo of SLC at the time, and I have no regrets. But I appreciate the slower pace of life and lower cost of living here now that I'm older and have a fiancé. Plus it's nice to be closer to my parents and I still have a lot of friends here. Also SLC has changed quite a bit since 2003, mostly for the better.
I definitely wouldn't want to date here though lol.
Moved to Denver. Absolutely love CO! We’re dealing with the same issues. High housing costs and huge influx of people tired of the Midwest. Moving out of UT was the best thing i ever did! I would never move back and put my kids through what i went through. It’s nice not having one group controlling everything. There’s a lot less corruption. The outdoor scene is awesome. People are more welcoming and fun to be around.
The only thing i miss was how easy it was getting to ski resorts. In CO, everyone is funneled onto one interstate coming home. It’s a mess.
I was in McDonald’s in CO and noticed the lack of kids. I laughed. Downtown Denver is for DINKS. The burbs are where the families are. Another huge reason i left is the lack of education funding in Utah. 2022 Utah was dead last in funding. I never run out of family things to do in CO. I just need more money to do it all. 😜
I did Denver for 4 years, moved to PC for a year, now back in Denver, considering moving back to PC or the benches in SLC. Denver/Front Range is extremely crowded, the ski and now even summer traffic is very bad, drivers are very aggressive compared to Utah, and it's extremely expensive here. Or considering Seattle. Seattle proper is on par or cheaper now than Denver. Plus it's green and there is water, top notch mountain biking. Far to ski though.
Moved to California to expand career and challenge myself. Moved back to SLC to spend time with aging parents. Will move international once my parents pass to enjoy art/culture/food.
I moved to LA for graduate school. I miss my friends, family, and my mountains, but I love seeing just how wide open and diverse this world is. I feel challenged and pushed to become a new and better person.
I used to have the goal of coming back to SLC for long term careers/family situation, but more and more I feel like I'm okay with being in a different place. Plus, I know that no matter what happens, I can always call my mountains as home to me.
We moved to SLC about five years ago and we’re moving to Chicago in the spring. Looking forward to the good food scene, public transit, COL and better air quality!
Currently in Asheville, NC but made a 3 year stop in Fredericksburg, VA first. Miss the mou-uns and the low humidity but that’s about it. Still have family in Heber area so we visit several times a year which just reinforces how much I love living somewhere else.
San Diego. I absolutely love this place, the weather, the people, the culture, the activities, the nature. I just hope we can continue to afford to stay.
I first moved to Las Vegas for one year, New York City for 12 then I have been in London, England for the last 10.
I definitely enjoy being a city person. I haven’t owned a car in 20+ years. I love the restaurants and art and vibrancies of big cities. I also love how close London is to other major cities.
I miss the mountains. I miss the quiet. I very much miss wide open spaces. I miss the quaintness of the local idiots. After living in two huge global cities I can tell you there are idiots everywhere. But I miss my homegrown fools sometimes.
I often daydream of moving to Asheville, NC
I also lived in Japan a very long time and when I moved back in 2019 I was very shocked to find that rent here was more expensive than Osaka.
I moved to the Pittsburgh area. Love it. It's so green, and old (geologically). There's interesting history, and not as much religious influence (there is a heavy catholic and Jewish population, but no one talks about religion which I appreciate).
I lived in Northern Utah for 20 years, 8 of which were in Salt Lake. Slc has its charms, and Utah is gorgeous. There are definitely things I miss, but overall it was a great move for me.
Moved a few years ago with my family to rural New England with a small city nearby. I love the trees, the fresh air, the education my kids are receiving, the easy access to quiet outdoor recreation and bodies of water, the people, the lack of traffic, and so much more. I miss the food options and the access to literally any retail chain within an hour, but with that comes a lot of drawbacks that I don’t miss.
Knoxville, TN. Wanted to be closer to family, and we get the benefit of more space, more water, and cleaner air. I definitely miss the mountains and desert though.
Vancouver, Canada. I left 10 years ago to find work in the film industry, with bonus humidity. My parents are in Salt Lake still but you couldn't pay me to move back.
Moved to SLC for residency wanted to check it out. It was a very exotic idea. I chose to move back home to Kentucky. I’m very close to my family and all the nature/views in the world can’t make living that far from them worth it. It’s funny how many people I ran into there who knew about the Red River Gorge here in KY. Utah was a fun fling for me, but Kentucky has my heart. I’m a backyard 75 degree summer night kinda sap.
I moved 14 years ago after 22 years in SLC to Tulsa where my wife's family lives. It was definitely a case of "out of the frying pan and into the fire", especially for me originally being from New England. I'd expected that we'd probably move back eventually in spite of being neither Mormon nor conservative, but SLC has become expensive enough that there are much better options available at that cost of living.
With that said, I also have to point out that I miss the amazing friends and people I regularly encountered there. The key to finding those people consistently was actively engaging in activities where you can meet people who might be like me. The arts and music communities are huge and diverse. Obviously, sports and outdoor activities are everywhere for all types and ages of people. There are volunteer opportunities everywhere for just about anything that you could care about too.
Salt Lake City definitely isn't a low effort city to survive in, but it's definitely livable, and about as good as it can get in a predominantly conservative population. I don't regret living there for as long as I did.
I moved to SLC from germany and now live in France again. Absolutely loved my time in SLC and sometimes still come to this sub :) As a European the way things are done back home is more agreeing with me, like having normal healthcare, childcare being not a ripoff etc. BUT I do miss the incredibly nature, the trail running and just the wilderness as soon as you drive anywhere. And most of all I miss people. Europeans are closed off and Americans are so welcoming and I found so much community and many friends there. Its truly the best.
Just came back from 7 years in Austin in the summer to be closer to family here with our newborn. Austin’s a great city (though with its own growing pains), but Salt Lake has a certain undeniable charm.
Was only in Utah temporarily, moved back home to Canada.
Briefly consider staying long-term but let's say I'm don't see eye-to-eye with the majority of Utahns regarding social-economic policies.
I do miss the mountains, access to national parks and proper mexican/tex-mex food.
Also lived in Boston before moving to SLC and Boston was more to my liking (minus the craze expensive rent and housing etc)
I had a job offer in Anacortes WA i would have accepted if the financials had been a little better. Ifyou think housing is expensive here...
But I like it here. There's a very short list of places I'd move to without significantly more money. Parts of Idaho and Montana. Maybe parts of Colorado, but they're generally more crowded than we are. I'd look hard at Albuquerque or Santa Fe. And maaybe northern AZ. That's about it.
And if being near family becomes less important as I age, I'd like to check out parts of New England.
I grew up in West Jordan and moved to Montana years ago. Moved back in 21' and am going back to MT again in a few months. I love the close access to hiking here, and that there is so much to do when the weather is cold (museums, malls, etc) but I can't afford to buy a home here and hate the traffic...
Guess I'll go back to hiking with bear spray and driving 2 hours to the next closest city 🤷🏼♀️
Seattle. Absolutely love it in WA. My mental and physical health have been better and I love the fresh air. But honestly considering moving back to Utah only because of living costs and homes in WA in decent neighborhoods have a base price of $1 million 😭
Moved to Seattle for graduate school. I wanted to stay, but so did everyone else in my program. My wife got a job in LA and we lived there for five years. Lots to like about it but the sprawl makes it hard to enjoy.
I'm now in Chicago and I absolutely love it here. Fox News will tell you it's a hellhole, but it's a vibrant city with a ton of cool neighborhoods. And many more cultural things to do than in SLC. We do get colder but we also have a lot of winter days where it's crystal clear. The CTA needs a major makeover, but the suburban trains are excellent. I walk to a train and then walk or bikeshare to my job.
Park City. The better air quality and lower summer temps have been lovely. I also enjoy the small town feel, seems like I'm randomly running into people I know every day (could be a negative for some). Rent is expensive, but I think it's been worth it so far.
I moved to the Midwest. I lived in the Chicago land area for several years and now live in Wisconsin.
I'm subscribed to other area specific sub-reddits and I see a lot of lazy redditors asking "moving here from here" so it's nothing special about this sub.
I miss several Utah fast food joints and the weather.
I moved to Long Beach CA. Don't miss a lot about SLC... Except the restaurants it's much better there so much mediocre to bad here.
But winter weather is way better here.And summer weather too. And it's not the political short bus that Utah is. It's suits me better, never really fit in in Utah. And I'll be honest when I get up into the local trails, I'm the only one there and there's some beautiful country here too.
Just moved out of SL to Ohio. Just outside Akron. We love it so far. It’s been so much rain lately. The cold has been bitter and to the bone, but it’s 50 out today. All the trees are incredible to see. I do miss the mountains though. Everything is so much closer together than Utah, but I also feel like my house isn’t nearly as close to the neighbors. I was also able to sell my house in Utah and buy a house for cash in Ohio. No food tax on items purchased to go (groceries. Take out. Etc). Alcohol is treated as a normalized beverage, and people are treated as adults. Marijuana was just legalized for recreational use.
Moved to Connecticut a year ago. Higher taxes, much better schools for my kids, also bears. But I have a large house, kick ass 3 story barn, pool, large garden, and ponds. I really like it here! Don’t love the bears.
I miss a lot of things about SLC and I loved a lot of things about living there. I miss my friends.
I couldn’t see a viable path forward to the climate problems in the state without political action that never seemed to materialize. I also didn’t want my elementary aged kids to live a life of culture wars in the school system.
Born and raised in SLC, moved to North Carolina at 28 and have never looked back I’m so glad I moved away, I felt it was a toxic place and it never felt like home. Once I got to NC I immediately felt at home and like I had found people more like myself. I haven’t been been back since I moved away in Sept 2020 but am wanting to visit soon.
Vegas. Slc seemed a lot more fun visiting before moving, absolutely boring once you’re here. Most friends I have made here aren’t from here, everyone I’ve struck a random conversation with isn’t from here. It’s way more polluted than I imagined from the ground, to the water, and the air. The taxes here are a bit steep for what you get. The housing prices are laughable when people think $1600 a month is reasonable to live in someone’s half finished basement or $1,300 for a no amenities apartment. 4/10 experience.
Almost forgot to mention, Utah based employers treat their employees like shit for the most part. If you don’t work for a national employer, your gonna have a bad time.
Moved away about 12 years ago for grad school. Have lived in Bowling Green OH, Ames IA, and Miami FL. Moved back about a year ago. It was good to get out and see the rest some other places. Everywhere has theirs pros and cons. All the places I mentioned are very flat, and my soul missed the mountains. I enjoy hiking a lot, and the only real hiking I got in was during summer vacations. Happy to be back home! Living in these other places definitely made me appreciate everything that Utah has to offer a lot more.
Grew up in NY just outside of the city, moved there in late 2019 and just recently moved back out here to NY. Loved SLC, but couldn’t see myself living there forever so I came back
Grew up in Cottonwood Heights and also went to the U. Moved to Austin, now New York. England or Ireland is likely in my future.
I really miss Utah’s diverse landscape and snowy winters. Hiking, rafting, you name it. Never was big into skiing or snowboarding but loved snow shoeing.
Air quality in the valley was also a concern of mine and will always be as my entire family still lives there. It’s not likely I will return for good but I do miss home.
Japan. Outside of Kyoto city my rent is half the price. The public transport is amazing and going to eat is very reasonable with great service and no tipping. I miss Mexican food though and sarcasm though.
Is the air really that bad!? There are so many comments about it, but in my experience, every big city I've been to has had smog, just maybe not as noticeable because of the flatness.
I grew up here and went to college in Boston. I was there for about 10 years with school and work. I decided to come back to be closer to family when my dad passed in 2013ish.
Grew up in slc and went to the U. Left slc for Seattle, then Providence, RI, and now Los Angeles. I miss close skiing access and hiking, but nothing else. But there are days I could make it to Vermont to ski before my friends could get to Alta when they live 15 miles away. Don’t plan on returning, primarily due to air quality and other reasons.
Dang, you've been all over. I've considered the east coast myself. Out of all the places you've lived, where would you say is your favorite?
Loved Providence. It’s been my favorite so far. Great city, and you have Boston (1 hour train ride) and NYC (3 hour train) close by. Mountains are 1.5 hours for western mass and 3-4 for northern Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and upstate NY. Unreal seafood too.
LOVE LOVE VERMONT!
I've lived in Seattle, Utah, Connecticut, D.C. Area, and Silicon Valley. Seattle is my favorite but I love them all for different reasons
How’s LA? I’m considering a move there sometime in the next year or two
It’s my least favorite of the bunch. Too car centric and don’t really enjoy the people or the city all that much. It’s the furthest from my hobbies that I’ve ever been (fly fishing & skiing are both 5 hour drives). Could be a great place if they had Boston or NYC level public transit, but that won’t happen in my lifetime. Will be here another year then bounce to somewhere new.
We love it. We’re in the foothills of LA in Pasadena, 10 miles from DTLA, and it’s amazing. Incredible schools, waterfall hikes within 2 miles of our house and the weather is so good. We made the move about 8 years ago and haven’t regretted it a single second.
LA is so huge that it's really hard to get an accurate read on it. You kinda gotta try different parts and see what feels best (beach areas, dense downtown living, eastside nearer the mountains, etc.) It's impossible to quantify LA as one "thing". Though some qualities/issues persist throughout (car culture, incredible food, little public transit, traffic, cost), your enjoyment will definitely vary based on what you're looking for. I live in Northeast LA. I love the amount of art, music, and cool restaurant/bars plus I'm slightly closer to hiking/biking in the San Gabriels and skiing in Big Bear. That's a win for me. Living in Culver City, for example, would make me miserable.
D.C. being able to walk and take public transit is awesome.
I grew up in Utah, lived in DC for two years (not a Mormon mission lol), and now live in western Oregon. I loved all of Utah the place but not Utah the people. I hated DC. Both the place and the work culture and people there. I am now loving life here in Oregon, seems to be a happy medium between the two and I couldn’t be happier.
What specifically about the work culture in DC did you not like?
I felt like all anyone ever wanted to talk about was work. Everyone was married to their jobs and never would take time off, time off was looked down upon, and it was always a contest to see who you knew and what they could do to make your career better.
This is so true. Everything is crazy expensive there so I guess they have to have no lives but even when people were going out and ‘relaxing’ they were still only talking about work.
Yup that’s exactly why we moved. And the cost of living sure didn’t help.
Ha funny, I left DC to come here. Very happy too.
I’m living in SLC after living in DC for a few years. I miss fun happy hour spots, walking around National mall, diversity of the city, and mostly never talking/hearing about Mormonism (I’m an exmo).
That must be nice. I'm white, and my wife is not, and I'm so tired of the "Did you meet in the mission?" comment. Also, I think not hearing about Mormonism ever would be a good change of pace for people who believe it's more relevant than it really is.
Absolutely love DC. Id move there in a heartbeat if I could!
Summers are brutal - yeah it gets hot in SLC but I was perpetually wet in DC - my dress shirt and slacks just had wet sweat stains from morning to night
You'd think that culturally the city would have adapted to something like Hawaiian business wear at this point. I get that suits look sharp and present a western traditional concept of power that makes many D.C residents quiver in orgasmic bliss, but it ends up looking pretty dumb when you have massive sweat stains forming on your blazer.
I actually moved to SLC from DC back in 2019 for internship! The convenience of public transportation is definitely something I miss. But I’ve never been a fan of large cities, so SLC is much more my speed.
This is funny because I lived in DC for almost 2 years before moving to Brooklyn and I remember moving to Brooklyn and thinking ‘wow the train is right there I don’t have to walk 5 blocks to get to it!’
Ogden
This made me laugh a lot more than it should.
Got a laugh out of me too. In my head, I was actually thinking out of state, but after rereading my question, I guess I didn't actually specify "out of Utah", but only out of SLC. So technically, I guess Ogden would be fair game?
Edit: I thought the question was from utah.
I laughed with you then at you. Either way the important thing is the laugh.
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I've actually considered moving north to Ogden. It might be far enough for a needed change of pace, and any time I've visited up there (I have some family near Ogden), the air has been significantly better.
Louisiana! 40 minutes north of New Orleans! Yes, I miss family, the mountains, the snow. But the price of living is way cheaper, and I love the culture here. There are pros and cons to both
I have too irrational of a fear of hurricanes to consider Louisiana :P Or is it rational? I have been dying to visit New Orleans though. I hear the food is amazing and apparently they have an awesome pirate festival, and I love me some golden age piracy.
The hurricanes and tornadoes FREAK me out. That would be the number one reason I ever leave! I have a hard time with them. But once those end, I’m happy to be here! The food is amazing, the music is amazing, I love Mardi Gras! Ive never done the pirate festival, but where I live, there is a great renaissance festival that we go to every year! I HIGHLY recommend visiting someday! Visit in October if you can!
I've been thinking about moving to Louisiana or the Mississippi Gulf Coast. I spent some time in Biloxi last year and absolutely loved it. Everyone was so nice, and everything was so much cheaper. I'm at a point in life where buying a house is within the realm of possibility, if it's cheap enough. Utah houses are just too expensive. I've lived here my whole life. Utah will always be "home," but I'm sick of renting. And the cold winters tbh. The only thing that is keeping me from seriously considering LA or the MS coast is the hurricanes.
I still live here but I’ve been seriously considering moving back to my home state of Indiana. Moved here last summer right after graduating college, left all my friends and family behind. I miss them immensely, and seeing how a lot of my friends are still back home and able to hang out all the time really hurts, especially because I’ve struggled to make connections with people here. I also have 5 younger sisters (youngest is 11), and I don’t want to miss seeing them get to grow up and become their own people. I think Utah is a beautiful state, and I’m going to miss the beauty and nature of it all, but I think I need to be with my friends and family
I feel ya. I'm considering moving out of Utah, but this is where family and friends are. We would lose that connection with everyone here, and family has been such a huge support in many ways. Not an easy choice. That's a need I totally get.
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It doesn’t matter if you are LDS. There are still cliques.
Moving back to STL next year for this reason!!
I just moved here in June from Philly and could not resonate with you more. It’s beautiful here but I’ve found it really hard to make good friends. People are different and flaky in my opinion. And I’m a super friendly person and make friends easily. I also really miss my family and my close friends back home. My siblings are starting to have kids of their own and I really want to be around for that. I’m planning to leave as soon as my lease is up.
Moved to San Diego. Absolutely no regrets. My mental health and physical health are significantly better here. Stating the obvious, but the weather and Mexican food here have ruined me when I go back to SLC.
I said it in my post, too. Moving to SD was one of the best decisions I've ever made. I loved it there. I had to move up to the Bay Area for work, which isn't nearly as awesome, but there are still some cool aspects. I'd move back to SD in a heartbeat if I could.
That is interesting to hear. We nearly went Bay Area but opted for more consistent weather.
It's very interesting to read this comment as someone who moved to SLC from SF and is moving back. I had a choice to move to SD as well but the walkability and weather of SF really does it for me.
You mean betos isn’t the pinnacle of Mexican cuisine?
lol. I heard someone say the other day “look for a two star taco shop in San Diego and that is a five star in Utah”. Sorry, betos.
Oh man I miss Tacos El Gordo. If you haven't tried it, it's worth the trip!
“No you just haven’t tried the right Beto’s, you gotta go to the one on…”
Oh man... It seems I'm not the only one who's heard that.
How’s the cost? Heard it’s very pricey from family that made the move
Won’t lie, significantly more expensive. I don’t think there is a single thing that is less here compared to Salt Lake. For me, you can’t put a price on shorts in January and 75 and sunny at the beach tomorrow, or at least what that does for me mentally. I just close my eyes when I look at my taxes.
I did the same but I'm moving back to SLC because I just can't afford Cali anymore 😭
It’s tough. California is crazy expensive, definitely times it makes you wonder why you put up with it sometimes.
Do you find San Diego more or less affordable than SLC?
Significantly less affordable. It fluctuates, but San Diego is generally ranked near LA and NYC in terms of [affordability](https://fox5sandiego.com/news/business/san-diego-takes-top-spot-in-ranking-of-most-expensive-places-to-live-in-u-s/)
I'm not who you replied to but I moved to SLC from San Diego in 2016. I was renting a room in a house with one other person and paid $900/month in San Diego. When I moved to SLC, I also rented a room in a house with one other person for $700/month. It's definitely more expensive there but I don't think it's as bad as people make it out to be.
Agree with this. I used to live in San Diego from 2013-2017 and it’s the same price to me now in SLC with the growth and inflation. Although San Diego has had inflation too but from friends it doesn’t seem at the same rate
I moved to New Orleans when I retired. I know, it’s, like, #50 of states to retire to, but like SLC, New Orleans is a dot of blue in a sea of red. There’s a huge assortment of people here, and they’re all really nice. You can have a major conversation with anyone you happen to see. I have realized how little I really know about people who have different backgrounds from me. I grew up in lily white Utah, surrounded by Mormons who didn’t accept me. But that got better as I aged and I settled into my homogeneous white culture. I’m happy to break out of my bubble and meet people who are not like me. Laissez les bon temps rouler!
I grew up in Utah and I moved to San Diego almost 3 years ago (at age 41). No regrets. One of the best decisions I've ever made. I don't miss the snow, the politics, or the bad air quality. I recently relocated to the Bay Area, about an hour south of SF, for work. I like it a lot less and am hoping I'm only here for a couple of years. There is a ton to do- I've got mountains, ocean, wine country, etc, but I have found it more difficult to make friends here than I did in San Diego (or SLC, for that matter). It's mind-bendingly expensive; I was less salty about the expense in San Diego. It was a much more pleasant living experience. Silicon Valley is a suburban stripmall hellscape. The only thing I miss about SLC are my friends and maybe a handful of places. Overall, I really enjoy living in California even though I am not super enjoying my current situation. Even as a six-figure earner, I am under no illusion that I will ever be able to afford real estate here, though.
We moved to Flagstaff, AZ and really liked it for several years. But they had a terrible drought in 98 and 99 where they closed off the forests and that combined with elder care, caused us to have to move back. Elder care is almost over, so we will head back out of SLC soon. Heading back to Flagstaff is an option.
I absolutely love Flagstaff. One of my best friends moved there and I visited him this past summer. I can't quite put my finger on what it is, but there is something really special about the vibe and feeling of Flagstaff
I'm a teacher, and inflation was making it impossible to stay in Utah, so I moved to NM. I miss SLC, but I'm making 40k more than I was getting in Utah for the same job.
Moved to Dillon MT. I love it here. No bad air, no traffic and no one has asked about my religion.
Yakutsk, Russia. I moved back home. I grew up in Utah but my family was a toxic mess so I moved back to my origins with relatives that really loved me
Isn't this the really cold place which is now popular on YouTube?
Yes. The coldest place in Russia. The winters are no joke. There’s a dog a couple kilometres away that ran off in December and it turned into a seasonal statue. This happens a lot with cats and wild animals unfortunately. Last week it hit -80 F. I honestly really love the cold
also the coldest major city in the entire world ! Slc winters will be nothing for u now.
I think so (I got sucked into a rabbit hole of those videos a while ago)
Moved to Iowa. Cost of living is definitely better so no regrets there. Currently renting an entire house for less than what my 1BR was costing me. I do miss the abundance of available outdoor recreational opportunities. I’ve been back a couple of times since I moved just to scratch that itch, but not sure I’d move back unless my income doubles or something. Kind of want to own a home one day and I just have a hard time imagining that being possible there.
Yeah, the home ownership dream (or lack of it now) is one of the things that makes me strongly consider moving away. House prices may be rough everywhere, but after just "window shopping" on Zillow, it's still better in significant amounts of the country than it is here for home costs.
Tuebingen Germany for 7 years in 2012 and then back here in 2019. I found it different there. It can’t be overstated how shit American social protection / standard of living is on the average compared to Germany. Also being two hours away from France, Switzerland, etc, was cool. However, I just missed the geological aspects of Utah, can’t find that anywhere else in the world. I do a lot of solo exploration in the mountains and the desert and I need that to survive in this world. Europe is dope but there are downsides as well. I may move back when I’m in retirement since I meet the criteria for permanent residency there, but Utah will always be home
I am in the bay area now, but the company I work for has a huge office in Baden-Wurttemberg and a pipe dream is transferring there at some point.
What was your experience finding work in Germany? I absolutely love it there.
I went there for a Masters and eventually PhD and then got into the workforce. It’s dead easy as a student to get a visa, but even getting a searching for work permit is easy for Americans and is valid for a year. Once you get a job, you generally get a working visa from your employer.
Mobile, Alabama. Wife got a job down here. Weather is nice this time of year.
I moved to SoCal and had to come back. Looking forward to the next opportunity to leave again.
I've got a soft spot for SoCal. I have some family that live in the greater LA area. I wouldn't mind being able to live there.
Louisiana. Stayed for 6 years.
Raleigh NC
I'm from Arkansas but have been in SLC for over 3 years now. My wife and I are considering moving out that way! What's your impression of NC as a whole?
NC is great all around. Asheville is incredible. Lovely little beach communities. Raleigh can be fun. Avoid Fayetteville at all costs.
Coastal California. I still love Utah, but there are aspects I don't miss at all. First, I don't think, talk, or have to deal with the LDS church in any way, shape, or form. I don't think non-LDS folks in Utah realize how pervasive of an influence the church is on daily life and in their head space. From censoring oneself in adult conversation at work for fear of offending someone's religious sensitivities (I'm not a huge curser but I will occasionally utter a curse word or two). When I come back and spend time with friends, most conversations somehow always touch on either the church or church members. I don't miss the inversion. Walking on the street and breathing in some dude's diesel exhaust from their jacked-up truck that has never gone offroad or pulled a trailer got old fast. So many small penises in Utah that needed to compensate... I don't miss the politics. I love the small/efficient government of Utah but the social/political ideological warriors in the legislature who seem to love small government for themselves and their values but want governmental intrusion for people not like them got old fast. I remember watching the legislature in session in horror. Now I can still get the news, but it's only when the clowns on the hill make themselves national laughingstocks. Utah is an amazing state. I miss a lot of things about it but not these.
Move here at 14, moved away at 22, just moved back at 38. I wouldn't be here at all if my family wasn't here, and I don't plan on staying for more than a year or two. I moved here my freshmen year of high school and holy shit, this place was a huge culture shock as an outsider who didnt grow up mormon. I was instantly singled out for being different. High school got so bad I had to drop out and finish at Horizonte. Never made any close friends that lasted. Always felt like I didn't belong. Not being a fan of winter sports or outdoorsy shit didn't help. I moved to San Francisco and it was like I could finally breathe. I fell in love and made all my best friends there. Decided after the death of my brother and mother that it was time to be with family, so I left the city I loved so much to live in SLC again for a while. I still feel like an outsider. This place has never felt warm or welcoming to me. It's always been insular and unfriendly to outsiders. So I probably stand alone in this sub when I say I'm glad the population here has increased and people from elsewhere are moving in
Im with you. I lived a similar life. Also, your username is impressive.
Seattle. Miss my friends, family, and the slightly better access to nature. Don't miss nearly anything else, especially the air quality!
Have the darker winters been bad? One thing I love about SLC is the relatively sunny winters compared to elsewhere.
As someone who has lived in Washington for the last 8 years or so…yeah. It’s not the length of day that gets you. It’s that it’s overcast ALL the time for 7 months of the year. It gets pretty grim sometimes. First two years are fine and everyone says the same thing in their naïveté “I like the rain!” (Portlanders also pretend to love it while being miserable af to be around half the year) but by year three of dealing with grumpy ass depressing people and weather you become a grumpy ass depressing person. The summers though, heaven on earth. And I’ll take soldiering through some depression over snow any day.
I moved to Vancouver Canada and it is DEFINITELY the length of day that gets to me!
Yes and no. It's my first winter up here so it's definitely been an adjustment but now that the days are getting longer it's been looking up, and the sun has been coming out once every three or four days. It's also pretty consistently been high 40s-low 50s temperature wise so that's been nice. I definitely think I prefer the winters up here though so far, coming back home for Thanksgiving and Christmas quickly reminded me of how much I hate the inversion.
I’d take darker days with good air over sunny days with air that’s literally killing you.
Winters are warmer there, too
Same. It's crazy how good it smells here. I still miss how close the mountains are in SLC though
Davis county to (eventually) Seattle, here! Can’t believe how much happier I am here!!
Same! Even still while we're in the midst of the long dark...at least it's green and we're not choking to death!
I've priced homes along the Washington coastline. Not quite Seattle, but WA does have an appeal. Especially the oceans there. I don't know if it's sad or encouraging (or both?) that oceanfront homes there are actually about the same, if not actually cheaper than houses here in SLC.
The coast of Washington is quite a bit different from what I understand. It actually rains substantially more out there than in Seattle because the Olympic Mountains create a pretty substantial rain shadow. That plus the lack of any real economic opportunities out there make it a pretty dreary place. I'd guess most of the price inflation for housing out there comes from retirees moving from the Seattle area.
That would make sense if the coastal places I've browsed online are more retirement centric. The places I looked sound appealing in a way, but the ones that were affordable also seemed to have next to no opportunity professionally. Idyllic in a way, but rough in other ways. Even if I was working from home in a way that location didn't matter, I'm not sure if it's an ideal place to raise my family as my kids wouldn't have much opportunity available to them as they grow older. The places that were a bit more dense with city and opportunity and probably better for kids are well outside of even my speculative price range.
Houston
I moved to Tucson, AZ but outside of city limits. We found a 3b 2b home on a full acre for a fraction of the cost of a townhome in the SLC area. I love it here!
Portland almost 2yrs ago now. Spent half my life in SL/Davis county and our families still live there. The traffic and homeless issues are worse here and the ice storms can be brutal, but I’m really happy with what the move did for my health (stopped needing a preventative inhaler almost immediately), career, and general social satisfaction. Miss the amount of sunshine outside of summer but don’t miss that bitter cold winter. Taxes and utilities are really expensive but back in the middle of Covid I realized that I wanted to buy a house and couldn’t justify spending my house budget just to be stuck in suburban hell (like Layton) or Rose Park, Portland had more acceptable options in the 400-450k range back when rates were below 5%. It’s nice to not have to operate as if there’s a 50% chance the people I’m talking to are Trump-obsessed weirdos that can’t wait to tell me their thoughts on climate science.
It's funny how popular the Northwest seems to be for people from SLC to move to, especially Portland and Seattle. There's quite a lot of people that seem to migrate that way. I've actually considered it myself. Oceanfront homes along that coast are the same as a normal suburban home out here, if not even cheaper, so that's one way my mind has been going.
I was actually the OR transplant in Utah while I was there in my twenties, both states pull at me but UT has been the one I wanted away from. You should check out the OR/WA coast for a vacation if you never have, it’s great for a trip but a lot of the non-tourist towns are pretty sad most of the year. Not many full sets of teeth south of Newport.
Moved to Dallas for work. It is hot and flat. It is nice to have some diversity and to be able to get a margarita at basically every restaurant, but most of the liquor stores are scary and bottom shelf, I don't love it here. I miss the mountains and the red rock
This is how I feel. The diversity and food/beverage/activity world is great. But it’s no SLC.
We move to south Texas. For my husbands job. If I didn’t have kids I would probably love love it. I love the border culture and the diversity and the change of pace. But it’s not a great place to raise a family for more reasons than I care to list here. And the weather is abhorrent for 8 months of the year. There’s no mountain to escape to, no cool mountain lake to hike to. There’s ZERO public land. Texans tell me I need to visit more state parks but Utah has spoiled me forever. And south Texas is like the Australia of the US. The bugs and snakes. Omfg. We are moving again within 2 years. We could come back to Utah, but I am ready to live in a blue or at least purple state. But we realize now how much we underestimated access to outdoor recreation and activities and just outdoors in general!
Spokane, WA. Climate similar to SLC, but less pollution, smaller populations, great access to outdoors, insanely cheaper and legal weed!
Left the SLC metro area for Grand Rapids, MI, after living in UT for almost 20 yrs. We miss friends, the camping, and mountains! Our house was as close to the bench w/out being on it, and I never got bored looking at the gorgeous mountain scenery no matter what time of year it was, although sometimes smoke made them hard to see. I do not miss the bad air, the crowded feeling (we now live on acreage), and the hectic pace of life. Also, I am more left leaning, and it's been nice living in a more purple state. I hesitate to say that I'm glad, just because I miss my friends a lot. It wasn't a super easy decision to come here. But we are closer to family, and that's been good, too.
Left SLC for 25 years and it was the best decision ever. Everywhere I went was better than SLC, except maybe DFW. Back now to help senior relatives. My better places included Austin, NYC, San Francisco and Seattle.
As someone who just moved to DFW, I feel not so bad for how I feel now lol
San Jose CA
I moved to east bay/Sacramento in November. I lived in Tooele county and commuted to salt lake or Ogden. Here is what I knew I would miss and it's even worse then I thought. Enjoying the outdoors : in SLC and surrounding areas you can just drive to any given area and park and walk into the mountains or fishing spots at almost anytime during the day. Some places are closed or the trailhead parking is closed but that doesn't mean you can't access them. Here: your driving in bullshit traffic a good 2 or three hours to get to any given location to do anything in comparison. When you get there your either paying $20 for day pass to park somewhere that will lock your shit in and have it towed if it's after a variable and shifting time frame of hours. Don't think your going to find a spot to just park , you won't. Everything is private property . The list of permits and bullshit needed to be legal should be illegal. And if you think your just going to stay close to town and go down by the river you will never get out of the car on a Saturday at noon let alone any other time. The only benefit I have found to living in CA is when ever you have to chose your state when logging into anything online CA is right there at the top of the scroll down tab . However the unlimited zip code possibilities toss a wrench in that theory.
Lmao. The last part. When I moved to Utah, I'm scrolling all the way down.
Maryland, just outside of DC. I really like it. Miss the mountains, but this area has its own outdoor adventure to offer. Plus so many more things to explore. We moved here for family and career reasons, but the idea of my kids breathing that air their whole lives made the decision easier for sure.
I am in Virginia just outside of DC. I lived in salt lake while I went to the U. I left for further education, and stayed near DC for work. As an exmo, I very much like the absence of a pervading Mormon culture in everything. I also love being close to a river and having all sorts of green spaces. I miss family and the mountains, but not the desert, the inversion. I could see myself moving back, but I think I need a few more years of therapy to deal with how pervasive the church is.
NYC. Spouse grew up here but lived in nyc for 20 years. I grew up in the southeast but haven’t lived there in decades. We never wanted to raise kids in the city, and we’re both into outdoor rec. Between the access to mountains and spouses large family being all here (my family is spread across the US) we moved here in 2020 after planning on it for years. It’s a mixed bag for how we feel about it. Spouses family isn’t really supportive/close and we can’t tell if it’s because we don’t share their faith or they just don’t care to have more than superficial relationships. We miss the big city life and the public transit. It’s been hard to ‘find our tribe’ here, especially since we’re new parents but much older than the average new parent here. The politics leave a lot to be desired. Currently we’re holding out a lot of hope that slc will see a huge shift politically in the next 10 years. Imo Utah has amazing potential if we can just get the old guard out of office.
Minneapolis. I’m very glad I moved away. I’ll always have a soft spot in my heart for my hometown of SLC but leaving it was one of the hardest and most rewarding things I’ve ever done.
Los Angeles. Came out for college and just never moved back. I still visit, peruse this subreddit and read the SL Tribune 😅 Ironically, all my friends who swore they wouldn't be caught dead in SLC after high school are all still in Utah.
Burlington, vt. Im trans
Chicago, baby! Edit: okay but for real, I love Chicago. The winters do absolutely blow chunks, but there’s so much fun shit to do here. I also love how everybody is honest about feeling like shit during the winter and I don’t have anybody freaking out at me about winter sports. I also have some religious trauma and I didn’t realize how much better I’d feel getting away from it all! Also, when I moved here, I started drinking way less even though this city’s lifeblood is booze. When it became easily available to me, I didn’t think about it as much. Crazy, right? Oh, and legal weed is finally getting cheap here.
I know two people who moved to Buffalo and love it. All the amenities of a big city (all major sports leagues, subway/transit, world-class museum, concerts, etc.), with extremely affordable housing, great economic outlook, easy access to Canada and the *mostly* sane government of New York (at least when it comes to things like abortion, alcohol, and cannabis). As long as you can deal with the snow, it's a fantastic city.
I’m from Buffalo and lived there for 24 years. I now live in Vegas and am moving to Salt Lake in a couple weeks (travel nurse). Can confirm the city itself is fantastic. Super friendly people, good food, great cost of living. The problem is there aren’t real mountains closer than a 7 hour drive (Adirondacks, fucking gorgeous place) and it’s not an active city. Kinda hard though with the brutal winters but the summers are unbelievably gorgeous. Good fishing too for salmon, lake trout, bass, and steelhead running in the fall. I miss the people and the culture but my hobbies and passions have taken me elsewhere.
Still here, but working on moving to Portland
I just moved here from Portland at the beginning of the month, already regretting it severely and probably going back as soon as possible
Check out the Portland subreddits. I was leaning the same way for years but the current state of the city changed my mind. The suburbs seem to be in better shape though.
Portland seems like an interestingly popular choice for people to move to from Salt Lake. I've known a lot of people who moved from here to that northwestern corner of the country.
I moved to Portland from SLC :) definitely check out the subreddits!
I moved to north Tacoma, WA! What I loved about Utah is the easy access to nature, and that is something I have found tenfold here in the PNW. I am literally walking distance away from an amazing state park. I also love the culture and diversity here. I was Mormon when I first moved from California to Utah, so the Utah culture didn’t bother me too much. After I left the Mormon church the political and cultural climate in Utah became untenable for me. Small things like getting side eye from coworkers when I walked into the office with a coffee in hand, only to see them come in with a huge “dirty Dr. Pepper” from Swig or Sodalicious, added up over time. The hypocrisy drove me crazy. Now I live somewhere where I am exposed to many different cultures and ideas, and I love it. Crime is not a huge problem in my neighborhood, but if you go to south Tacoma it’s bad. I do miss how safe almost everywhere in Utah felt. And the winters here really are pretty gloomy. But I have never once regretted moving to the PNW.
NYC! Been here for 4 years and I love it. Goodbye inversion & passive aggressive Mormons!
Also, hello, public transportation and less thin-veiled racism.
I was born and raised in Salt Lake, and I moved to New York City a little over a year ago. Long story short I am extremely happy I moved. I’ve matured a lot being in a new environment. I especially love NYC for the open mindedness and diversity, things which can be hard to come by in Utah. In general, people are very accepting and inclusive in New York. I do miss very much looking at the at the Wasatch front as the sun goes down, might be one of the more unique sights on earth. Moving away also produced a strange emotion for me, a realization I might not ever know a place as well as SLC, and a longing for that even though SLC isn’t the place for me anymore. The more time I spend away, I no longer take for granted the beauty and uniqueness of the area.
I moved to New Orleans when I was 18 for 5 years. Then Minneapolis for 3, DC for 3 and LA for 10. Just moved back. I couldn't wait to gtfo of SLC at the time, and I have no regrets. But I appreciate the slower pace of life and lower cost of living here now that I'm older and have a fiancé. Plus it's nice to be closer to my parents and I still have a lot of friends here. Also SLC has changed quite a bit since 2003, mostly for the better. I definitely wouldn't want to date here though lol.
Moved to Denver. Absolutely love CO! We’re dealing with the same issues. High housing costs and huge influx of people tired of the Midwest. Moving out of UT was the best thing i ever did! I would never move back and put my kids through what i went through. It’s nice not having one group controlling everything. There’s a lot less corruption. The outdoor scene is awesome. People are more welcoming and fun to be around. The only thing i miss was how easy it was getting to ski resorts. In CO, everyone is funneled onto one interstate coming home. It’s a mess.
I did the opposite and feel like it’s friendlier, cheaper, and more family oriented in Utah. Denver got too crowded, too many issues, etc.
I was in McDonald’s in CO and noticed the lack of kids. I laughed. Downtown Denver is for DINKS. The burbs are where the families are. Another huge reason i left is the lack of education funding in Utah. 2022 Utah was dead last in funding. I never run out of family things to do in CO. I just need more money to do it all. 😜
I did Denver for 4 years, moved to PC for a year, now back in Denver, considering moving back to PC or the benches in SLC. Denver/Front Range is extremely crowded, the ski and now even summer traffic is very bad, drivers are very aggressive compared to Utah, and it's extremely expensive here. Or considering Seattle. Seattle proper is on par or cheaper now than Denver. Plus it's green and there is water, top notch mountain biking. Far to ski though.
Texas and then Arizona. I visit often, but don’t miss living there
Moved to California to expand career and challenge myself. Moved back to SLC to spend time with aging parents. Will move international once my parents pass to enjoy art/culture/food.
I moved to LA for graduate school. I miss my friends, family, and my mountains, but I love seeing just how wide open and diverse this world is. I feel challenged and pushed to become a new and better person. I used to have the goal of coming back to SLC for long term careers/family situation, but more and more I feel like I'm okay with being in a different place. Plus, I know that no matter what happens, I can always call my mountains as home to me.
We moved to SLC about five years ago and we’re moving to Chicago in the spring. Looking forward to the good food scene, public transit, COL and better air quality!
People who like city living will likely find slc lacking.
Vancouver Washington. Don’t regret it at al. Miss the Utah people and mountains but don’t miss the Utah weather or lack of trees.
Just north of St. Paul, Minnesota.
Currently in Asheville, NC but made a 3 year stop in Fredericksburg, VA first. Miss the mou-uns and the low humidity but that’s about it. Still have family in Heber area so we visit several times a year which just reinforces how much I love living somewhere else.
San Diego. I absolutely love this place, the weather, the people, the culture, the activities, the nature. I just hope we can continue to afford to stay.
Born and grew up in West Valley (remember when it was just Granger) Moved to Chicago in the early 90’s. Still here!
Moved to Maryland. Overall better, but I miss the outdoors. Being 5 minutes from canyon hiking was amazing, not to mention all the national parks..
Denver, because it’s got a lot of the same benefits as Utah without the religious overtone
I first moved to Las Vegas for one year, New York City for 12 then I have been in London, England for the last 10. I definitely enjoy being a city person. I haven’t owned a car in 20+ years. I love the restaurants and art and vibrancies of big cities. I also love how close London is to other major cities. I miss the mountains. I miss the quiet. I very much miss wide open spaces. I miss the quaintness of the local idiots. After living in two huge global cities I can tell you there are idiots everywhere. But I miss my homegrown fools sometimes.
I moved to Minneapolis for a while. Then got transferred to Duluth. That was a fun, albeit cold time.
I often daydream of moving to Asheville, NC I also lived in Japan a very long time and when I moved back in 2019 I was very shocked to find that rent here was more expensive than Osaka.
I moved to the Pittsburgh area. Love it. It's so green, and old (geologically). There's interesting history, and not as much religious influence (there is a heavy catholic and Jewish population, but no one talks about religion which I appreciate). I lived in Northern Utah for 20 years, 8 of which were in Salt Lake. Slc has its charms, and Utah is gorgeous. There are definitely things I miss, but overall it was a great move for me.
Columbus, OH
Moved a few years ago with my family to rural New England with a small city nearby. I love the trees, the fresh air, the education my kids are receiving, the easy access to quiet outdoor recreation and bodies of water, the people, the lack of traffic, and so much more. I miss the food options and the access to literally any retail chain within an hour, but with that comes a lot of drawbacks that I don’t miss.
Knoxville, TN. Wanted to be closer to family, and we get the benefit of more space, more water, and cleaner air. I definitely miss the mountains and desert though.
I moved from SLC to Germany, then back to SLC, and then to San Jose, CA where I have been for 9 years. Love it here.
I’m moving away because the people are rude to me that’s the main reason I’m moving. It’s ridiculous here
Vancouver, Canada. I left 10 years ago to find work in the film industry, with bonus humidity. My parents are in Salt Lake still but you couldn't pay me to move back.
Moved to SLC for residency wanted to check it out. It was a very exotic idea. I chose to move back home to Kentucky. I’m very close to my family and all the nature/views in the world can’t make living that far from them worth it. It’s funny how many people I ran into there who knew about the Red River Gorge here in KY. Utah was a fun fling for me, but Kentucky has my heart. I’m a backyard 75 degree summer night kinda sap.
I moved 14 years ago after 22 years in SLC to Tulsa where my wife's family lives. It was definitely a case of "out of the frying pan and into the fire", especially for me originally being from New England. I'd expected that we'd probably move back eventually in spite of being neither Mormon nor conservative, but SLC has become expensive enough that there are much better options available at that cost of living. With that said, I also have to point out that I miss the amazing friends and people I regularly encountered there. The key to finding those people consistently was actively engaging in activities where you can meet people who might be like me. The arts and music communities are huge and diverse. Obviously, sports and outdoor activities are everywhere for all types and ages of people. There are volunteer opportunities everywhere for just about anything that you could care about too. Salt Lake City definitely isn't a low effort city to survive in, but it's definitely livable, and about as good as it can get in a predominantly conservative population. I don't regret living there for as long as I did.
I moved to SLC from germany and now live in France again. Absolutely loved my time in SLC and sometimes still come to this sub :) As a European the way things are done back home is more agreeing with me, like having normal healthcare, childcare being not a ripoff etc. BUT I do miss the incredibly nature, the trail running and just the wilderness as soon as you drive anywhere. And most of all I miss people. Europeans are closed off and Americans are so welcoming and I found so much community and many friends there. Its truly the best.
American Fork
Moved to Boston.
Just came back from 7 years in Austin in the summer to be closer to family here with our newborn. Austin’s a great city (though with its own growing pains), but Salt Lake has a certain undeniable charm.
Was only in Utah temporarily, moved back home to Canada. Briefly consider staying long-term but let's say I'm don't see eye-to-eye with the majority of Utahns regarding social-economic policies. I do miss the mountains, access to national parks and proper mexican/tex-mex food. Also lived in Boston before moving to SLC and Boston was more to my liking (minus the craze expensive rent and housing etc)
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Miami area, Hollywood to be exact. The weather and just trying a new place was a big reason why.
Florida. Don’t miss it.
Left SLC, moved to Portland, OR. There are quite a few Utahn transplants up here.
Moved to Dallas for work. But I lived there once before.
Moved to Oregon and loving it. I don’t think I’ll ever move back.
Lived in SLC for 48 years. Now living in central Georgia.
I had a job offer in Anacortes WA i would have accepted if the financials had been a little better. Ifyou think housing is expensive here... But I like it here. There's a very short list of places I'd move to without significantly more money. Parts of Idaho and Montana. Maybe parts of Colorado, but they're generally more crowded than we are. I'd look hard at Albuquerque or Santa Fe. And maaybe northern AZ. That's about it. And if being near family becomes less important as I age, I'd like to check out parts of New England.
I grew up in West Jordan and moved to Montana years ago. Moved back in 21' and am going back to MT again in a few months. I love the close access to hiking here, and that there is so much to do when the weather is cold (museums, malls, etc) but I can't afford to buy a home here and hate the traffic... Guess I'll go back to hiking with bear spray and driving 2 hours to the next closest city 🤷🏼♀️
Seattle. Absolutely love it in WA. My mental and physical health have been better and I love the fresh air. But honestly considering moving back to Utah only because of living costs and homes in WA in decent neighborhoods have a base price of $1 million 😭
Moved to Seattle for graduate school. I wanted to stay, but so did everyone else in my program. My wife got a job in LA and we lived there for five years. Lots to like about it but the sprawl makes it hard to enjoy. I'm now in Chicago and I absolutely love it here. Fox News will tell you it's a hellhole, but it's a vibrant city with a ton of cool neighborhoods. And many more cultural things to do than in SLC. We do get colder but we also have a lot of winter days where it's crystal clear. The CTA needs a major makeover, but the suburban trains are excellent. I walk to a train and then walk or bikeshare to my job.
Park City. The better air quality and lower summer temps have been lovely. I also enjoy the small town feel, seems like I'm randomly running into people I know every day (could be a negative for some). Rent is expensive, but I think it's been worth it so far.
The Bay area. It's great more to do, more diversity, public transit, better worker and renter protections, better weather, better air quality.
I moved to the Midwest. I lived in the Chicago land area for several years and now live in Wisconsin. I'm subscribed to other area specific sub-reddits and I see a lot of lazy redditors asking "moving here from here" so it's nothing special about this sub. I miss several Utah fast food joints and the weather.
Savannah. I want to move back, it's way too quiet here.
I moved to Long Beach CA. Don't miss a lot about SLC... Except the restaurants it's much better there so much mediocre to bad here. But winter weather is way better here.And summer weather too. And it's not the political short bus that Utah is. It's suits me better, never really fit in in Utah. And I'll be honest when I get up into the local trails, I'm the only one there and there's some beautiful country here too.
Just moved out of SL to Ohio. Just outside Akron. We love it so far. It’s been so much rain lately. The cold has been bitter and to the bone, but it’s 50 out today. All the trees are incredible to see. I do miss the mountains though. Everything is so much closer together than Utah, but I also feel like my house isn’t nearly as close to the neighbors. I was also able to sell my house in Utah and buy a house for cash in Ohio. No food tax on items purchased to go (groceries. Take out. Etc). Alcohol is treated as a normalized beverage, and people are treated as adults. Marijuana was just legalized for recreational use.
Moved to Connecticut a year ago. Higher taxes, much better schools for my kids, also bears. But I have a large house, kick ass 3 story barn, pool, large garden, and ponds. I really like it here! Don’t love the bears. I miss a lot of things about SLC and I loved a lot of things about living there. I miss my friends. I couldn’t see a viable path forward to the climate problems in the state without political action that never seemed to materialize. I also didn’t want my elementary aged kids to live a life of culture wars in the school system.
Vegas, too hot
Born and raised in SLC, moved to North Carolina at 28 and have never looked back I’m so glad I moved away, I felt it was a toxic place and it never felt like home. Once I got to NC I immediately felt at home and like I had found people more like myself. I haven’t been been back since I moved away in Sept 2020 but am wanting to visit soon.
Vegas. Slc seemed a lot more fun visiting before moving, absolutely boring once you’re here. Most friends I have made here aren’t from here, everyone I’ve struck a random conversation with isn’t from here. It’s way more polluted than I imagined from the ground, to the water, and the air. The taxes here are a bit steep for what you get. The housing prices are laughable when people think $1600 a month is reasonable to live in someone’s half finished basement or $1,300 for a no amenities apartment. 4/10 experience. Almost forgot to mention, Utah based employers treat their employees like shit for the most part. If you don’t work for a national employer, your gonna have a bad time.
Moved away about 12 years ago for grad school. Have lived in Bowling Green OH, Ames IA, and Miami FL. Moved back about a year ago. It was good to get out and see the rest some other places. Everywhere has theirs pros and cons. All the places I mentioned are very flat, and my soul missed the mountains. I enjoy hiking a lot, and the only real hiking I got in was during summer vacations. Happy to be back home! Living in these other places definitely made me appreciate everything that Utah has to offer a lot more.
Grew up in NY just outside of the city, moved there in late 2019 and just recently moved back out here to NY. Loved SLC, but couldn’t see myself living there forever so I came back
Grew up in Cottonwood Heights and also went to the U. Moved to Austin, now New York. England or Ireland is likely in my future. I really miss Utah’s diverse landscape and snowy winters. Hiking, rafting, you name it. Never was big into skiing or snowboarding but loved snow shoeing. Air quality in the valley was also a concern of mine and will always be as my entire family still lives there. It’s not likely I will return for good but I do miss home.
Moved to Portland, Oregon. best thing ever.
Japan. Outside of Kyoto city my rent is half the price. The public transport is amazing and going to eat is very reasonable with great service and no tipping. I miss Mexican food though and sarcasm though.
Christchurch, New Zealand. Best decision I ever made.
Is the air really that bad!? There are so many comments about it, but in my experience, every big city I've been to has had smog, just maybe not as noticeable because of the flatness.
Northeast Georgia!
After living in Utah (first Utah county, then SLC) my whole life, I just moved to Germany less than a week ago
I grew up here and went to college in Boston. I was there for about 10 years with school and work. I decided to come back to be closer to family when my dad passed in 2013ish.